#C09C53#C09C53

#C09C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C53
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 56.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 4.63, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 43.02, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0115 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.101 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1897, 35.6100, 13.2018)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C53 #5377C0

analogous

#C06653 #C09C53 #AEC053

triadic

#C09C53 #53C09C #9C53C0

tetradic

#C09C53 #53C066 #5377C0 #C053AE

square

#C09C53 #53C066 #5377C0 #C053AE

split-complementary

#C09C53 #53AEC0 #6653C0

monochromatic

#705829 #9C7C39 #C09C53 #D0B680 #E1D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C09C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C09C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C53

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C53	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b985',
    500: '#c09c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c53;
$custom-light: #d6b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.183,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C53

secondary

#A0B0CF

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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